The Diary of River Song
The Diary of River Song is an audio play series from Big Finish Productions. Alex Kingston reprises her character River Song from the television series Doctor Who.[1]
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Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
Series | The Worlds of Doctor Who |
Featuring | River Song |
Directed by | Ken Bentley |
Produced by | David Richardson |
Executive producer(s) |
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Music | Howard Carter |
Release date | December 2015 – Present |
The series is one of the first to prominently feature elements from the revived era (2005 on) of the show; the character of River Song was introduced in "Silence in the Library" (2008) as a time traveller with a mysterious connection to the Tenth Doctor, who does not recognize her. The Rulers of the Universe, the fourth episode of Series 1, sees River crossing paths with the Eighth Doctor, a still younger incarnation. River would appear, again, alongside The Eighth Doctor starting with Doom Coalition 2 and concluding in Doom Coalition 4.
The second series of The Diary of River Song features encounters with both the Sixth and Seventh Doctors.[2][3] The third series, announced September 2017, features an encounter with the Fifth Doctor with Frances Barber reprising her role of Madame Kovarian.[4]
Announced in October 2017, Big Finish confirmed that River Song would return for a fourth and fifth series to be released in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The fourth series features an encounter with the Fourth Doctor;[5][6] whilst the fifth series features encounters with multiple versions of The Master.[7][8]
Big Finish subsequently renewed The Diary of River Song in October 2018, for a further two more series (the sixth and seventh) to be released in 2019 and 2020.[9]
Cast
Starring
Series 1
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Series 2
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Series 3
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Series 4
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Series 5
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Series 6
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Series 7
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Episodes
Series 1 (2015)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Boundless Sea" | Ken Bentley | Jenny T Colgan | Bertie Potts | December 2015 |
2 | "I Went to a Marvellous Party" | Ken Bentley | Justin Richards | Bertie Potts, Mr. Song | December 2015 |
3 | "Signs" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Mr. Song | December 2015 |
4 | "The Rulers of the Universe" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Eighth Doctor, Bertie Potts | December 2015 |
Series 2 (2016)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Unknown" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Seventh Doctor | December 2016 |
2 | "Five Twenty-Nine" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | – | December 2016 |
3 | "World Enough and Time" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | Sixth Doctor | December 2016 |
4 | "The Eye of the Storm" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor | December 2016 |
Series 3 (2018)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Lady in the Lake" | Ken Bentley | Nev Fountain | Fifth Doctor, Brooke | January 2018 |
2 | "A Requiem for the Doctor" | Ken Bentley | Jacqueline Rayner | Fifth Doctor, Brooke | January 2018 |
3 | "My Dinner with Andrew" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fifth Doctor, Brooke, Madame Kovarian | January 2018 |
4 | "The Furies" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Fifth Doctor, Brooke, Madame Kovarian | January 2018 |
Series 4 (2018)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Time in a Bottle" | Ken Bentley | Emma Reeves and Matt Fitton | Spod, Gammarae, Dante | September 2018 |
2 | "Kings of Infinite Space" | Ken Bentley | Donald McLeary | Spod, Gammarae, Dante | September 2018 |
3 | "Whodunnit?" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | Dante, Franz Kafka | September 2018 |
4 | "Someone I Once Knew" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Fourth Doctor, Dante, Gammarae | September 2018 |
Series 5 (2019)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "The Bekdel Test" | Ken Bentley | Jonathan Morris | Missy | January 2019 |
2 | "Animal Instinct" | Ken Bentley | Roy Gill | The Decayed Master | January 2019 |
3 | "The Lifeboat and the Deathboat" | Ken Bentley & Jason Haigh-Ellery | Eddie Robson | The Morphant Master | January 2019 |
4 | "Concealed Weapon" | Ken Bentley | Scott Handcock | The War Master | January 2019 |
Series 6 (2019)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "An Unearthly Woman" | Ken Bentley | Matt Fitton | First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright (An Unearthly Child) | August 2019 |
2 | "The Web of Time" | Ken Bentley | John Dorney | Captain Knight, Yeti, The Great Intelligence (The Web of Fear) | August 2019 |
3 | "Peepshow" | Ken Bentley | Guy Adams | Third Doctor, Ogrons, Sontarans, Drashigs (Carnival of Monsters) | August 2019 |
4 | "The Talents of Greel" | Ken Bentley | Paul Morris | Henry Gordon Jago, Weng-Chiang (The Talons of Weng-Chiang) | August 2019 |
Series 7 (2020)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Featuring | Released |
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1 | "Colony of Strangers" | Ken Bentley | James Goss | – | January 2020 |
2 | "Abbey of Heretics" | Ken Bentley | Lizbeth Myles | – | January 2020 |
3 | "Barrister to the Stars" | Ken Bentley | James Kettle | – | January 2020 |
4 | "Carnival of Angels" | Ken Bentley | Roy Gill | Weeping Angels | January 2020 |
References
- Hughes Media Internet Limited. "1. The Diary of River Song Series 01 - The Diary of River Song". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Hughes Media Internet Limited (29 February 2016). "The Diary of River Song: Series 2 - Coming January 2017! - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Wickline, Dan (10 January 2017). "River Song Meets The Sixth And Seventh Doctors". Bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Hughes Media Internet Limited (21 September 2017). "Alex Kingston is back in The Diary of River Song Series Three - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Hughes Media Internet Limited (30 October 2017). "River Song is back! - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Fullerton, Huw (31 October 2017). "Doctor Who Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor and River Song team up for Big Finish series". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Hughes Media Internet Limited (3 May 2018). "River Song 5 - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Fullerton, Huw (3 May 2018). "Doctor Who: Michelle Gomez and Eric Roberts return as the Master to take on River Song". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Hughes Media Internet Limited (11 October 2018). "River Song Series 6 and 7 - News". Big Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- "Ongoing Investigations". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 544. 16 October 2019. p. 6.